Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills and Inverted Rainbow
An ad for Munyon's Paw Paw pills claim cures for stomach and liver ailments with a money-back guarantee. The piece also notes an inverted rainbow sighting from Rocca di Papa and Paris, then shifts to testimonials on kidney health and a customer story about Dean's Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Rocca de Papa
Campagna
Fiffel Tower
Paris
Pathfinder
Portable Hog House Promises Sanitary Pigs and Easy Labor
A compact portable hog house with 2x6 inch runners measures about 20 feet long and 7 feet 8 inches wide. It features a smooth crack-free floor, dual end doors, and a roof ventilator created by cut boards raised above battens to prevent drafts and improve airflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qin
Understanding Milk Production and Sheep Worth in Agriculture
The article explains milk production as an animal governed by the cow's nervous system rather than a passive flow. It discusses teat infections and hygiene, advises antiseptic washing and teat plugs, and warns against milking tubes due to infection risk. It then considers sheep profitability, advising culling weak stock to protect the flock and citing a Maxim about thrift. It notes rising government appropriations for the Agriculture Department totaling 13,773,276 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
Inliana Farinter
Denver Field
Farm Cream Separator Changes Home Dairy Work
The Farm Cream Separator revolutionizes butter making in home dairies and creameries by a centrifugal process. It removes ersatp from milk, ends shallow pan and dewatering systems, and lets farmers keep skim milk for calves and pigs while delivering cream every other day, saving labor and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Lost Cud and Practical Farm Cures From Rural New Yorker
A veterinary note debunks the cud superstition and offers treatment for indigestive cattle including epsom salts and ginger. The piece also cites Dynamite blasting for tree planting holes by Long Island Railroad and provides pickle recipes for curing meats with quantities for 400 pounds and beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Household Tips and Dairy Notes From an Early 1900s Page
Three oz turpentine and two oz white wax dissolve over slow heat then add one oz ivory black and one dram indigo. Apply thinly for a weathered harness polish. Certified milk sells high in cities. cheesecloth and absorbent cotton filter milk with no sediment. Agricultural dept detects adulterated seeds from 1471 samples. 101 mislabeled. Apple country Normandy. cider from unusable apples. Milk vessels must be scalded with hot water and dried. milk often unfit two weeks before calving.
Onion and Egg Dish Recipe From a Historic Menu
A culinary fragment describes onion and egg preparations including slicing and frying onions with eggs, topping a dish, and a yolk cream sauce. It also notes vintage cup measures and ingredient substitutions, plus a bake method for onion dishes with white sauce and breadcrumbs.
Cure for Eczema Advertised as Perfect by Cuticura
A testimonial from Mrs. P. E. Gum vin of Sheldon Iowa claims Cuticura remedies cured her baby's eczema after months of failed doctor treatments. She reports initial improvement after one use and full clearance after continued application, noting expenditures of 20 to 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eczena
P. E. Gumvin
Sheldon, Ia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Salad with Marinated Roes and Lettuce Wraps
After parboiled roes are chilled slice and marinate with lemon juice. Chill several hours. Line a salad bowl with lettuce, place roes mixed with watercress or parsley in the center, and cover with mayonnaise or French dressing.
Peant Sandwiches and Nut Bread Instructions
A recipe describes roasting and grinding peanuts to crumbs then mixing with fre cream cheese to spread on bread. It also gives bread dough molding steps with maple sugar soda and butter, rising twice, then baking.
Household Tips From a Distant Era
Practical hints on cleaning, laundry and household care. It covers sweeping carpets, stain control, window washing, fruit and food storage, and simple solutions using common items like ammonia, vinegar, and petroleum products. Includes notes on cloth care and preserving mayonnaise.
Library Mixup Snafu Over Noctes Ambrosiane
An office boy visits the public library to fetch a copy for the information editor but mispronounces the title. He requests Noctes Ambrosiane and then Knock Kneed Ambrozy Annie, citing it is for Mr. Askinee. The scene highlights a comic misunderstanding at the library desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Public Library
Allen's Foot Ease Ad and Weed-Cutting Motorboat Story
An old drugstore testimonial extols Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for itching and burning. A separate note describes a motorboat weed cutter in Egypt using V shaped knives to clear canals at five acres per hour, cutting weeds at the roots to ease navigation.
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Egypt
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John M. Burwick
R. FF. D
Daston
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ladies’ Home Journal
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore American
Haarlem
Haarlem Oi
Holland Medicine Co
Scranton
Oura Truly
Co. J. Buplong Phoenix
Kent Co
RBIL
R. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Canada
Europe
YB. T. Hopkins
Great Jones Straot
New York
Ohio
Catalogua Craig & Uler
Geneva
Orange Judd
Congressional
Agricultural Department
Forestry Service
Department of Agriculture
United States
Normandy
Germany
France
Selstelpitoer
LI Pileki
Bears
TME Centaur Company
New York City
Shad Roe Sumad
Rolla
Allen
Grocera Torenta
Woaod
Dodds
Paxton Toilet CO
Mass
Cascarets
AENOU
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